Additional Name(s): Ama Yem

Gender: Male

Current Location: Gia Trung Prison, Gia Lai

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Jarai

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 11 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Ksor Phit

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Ksor Phit is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Phit, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.  Authorities accused him of establishing branches of a separatist organization through his religious activities. Phit was subsequently charged with "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).

Later in 2016, Phit was sentenced to 11 years in prison and three to five years' probation.

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Additional Name(s): Ama Map

Gender: Male

Current Location: Gia Trung Prison, Gia Lai

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Jarai

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 8 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Siu Dik

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Siu Dik is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Dik, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.  Authorities accused him of establishing branches of a separatist organization through his religious activities. Dik was subsequently charged with "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).

Later in 2016, Dik was sentenced to eight years in prison and three to five years' probation.

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Additional Name(s): Rmah Bla, Ama Em

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Jarai

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Sentencing: March//2014

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Ro Mah Pla

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Ro Mah Pla was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2013, authorities arrested Pla after accusing him of taking direction from Montagnards overseas to spread Degar Protestantism, a religious movement not approved by the government, and establish separatist networks. 

In March 2014, the People's Court of Gia Lai Province sentenced Pla to nine years in prison and three to five years' probation for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).

Pla's sentence should have ended.

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